Lesson 1: My First Hat
Focus: Short a words
Target words: first, said, glad, water, more
grammar: verbs, past tense
had, wanted, told, said, saw, did, put, got, like


I had never had a hat.
I wanted one, so I told my dad.
He said he was glad to get me my first hat.

When I saw it, I was mad.
It was a bad hat.
I did not like it.
I put it in the water so it went away.

My dad was mad.
He said I was bad to lose the hat.
I got a new hat.
I like it more than my first hat.





Lesson 2: The Kid Will Win a Ship
Focus: Short i words
Target words: contest, pirate, spilled, oil
grammar: +er, plural +S

A man called to say there was a contest.
He made a pirate ship.
Kids can make up pirate stories.
He will pick the best story.
The winner of the contest will win the ship.

The kid who has a thin lip will win the contest.
He made up a story about pirates who spilled oil.
The man picked his story.
It was the best.
Now the kid will win a ship.





Lesson 3: Mom Will Find the Fox
Focus: Short o words
Target words: fox, gone, find, chop, food
grammar: irregular verbs: get , got, gotten, go, went, gone

Mom went to the shop.
She got me a pet.
The pet Mom got from the pet shop was a fox.
But the fox got out of the box.

Mom said not to be sad.
She will find the fox.
She took the box.
Mom was gone for a long time.

Now Mom is back.
She did find the fox!
The fox is in the box.
Mom has to chop food for the box.
I can sit with the fox.




Lesson 4: He Must Take the Bus
Short u sound

Gus must go to work, but his truck won't go.
It is too far to walk.
It is too far to run.
He must take the bus.

Gus did get his truck fixed.
In just one day his truck was back.
He did not have to take the bus.
But Gus liked the bus.
Gus cut down on gas.

Now Gus takes his truck just three days each week.
Two days a week, he takes the bus with us.



Lesson 5: She Needs Less Shell
Short e sound

The crab has a big shell.
The shell does not fit well.
I can tell she needs less shell.
She fell when she tried to carry this shell.

The spider has a web.
She made the web to get bugs.
She goes to bed on the web and waits for them to come.
They may come on part of the web.
She will get them and fix her web.
More bugs may come to her web.
She sets her web like a trap and waits.
She waits well.